Prime Minister

Chapter 52
Guo Xuejia went to the city again to find the county school Xuezheng. This is the only relationship he can rely on. It is said that Xuezheng is also a good wine. On this point, the two can talk a lot.

So the village school was handed over to Guo Lin and Zhang Yue.

Wuxi's village school is still a mess.

Some boys want to play, but don't care about their homework, while others want to learn but are led astray.

Guo Lin has a soft temper and is often interrupted by village children when he is teaching Baijia surnames to the students below.

Zhang Yue said to Guo Lin when he saw it, and said to Guo Lin, "There are some children in these villages who want to learn, and some who don't want to learn. If you let those who don't want to learn want to learn, then no one will be able to read."

"How about that?"

Zhang Yue said: "There is no other way. At this time, the only way is to adjust one or two, and arrange all the boys who want to learn to sit in the front row, and all the boys who don't want to learn sit in the back row."

Guo Lin listened and said, "This is not good. Isn't this favoring one over the other?"

Zhang Yue said: "Then what can be done? Continue to let them make trouble. Usually they don't even pay attention to their husband, let alone you. Is it useful for those who really don't want to learn?"

Guo Lin nodded and said, "It's up to Junior Brother."

After such a few days, the order of the village school has really improved a lot.

Guo Lin secretly admired Zhang Yue.A few days later, Zhang Yue borrowed an old hunting bow from the hunter and practiced arrows against a haystack in the backyard.

Guo Lin thought about Zhang Yue's decision, and it was already no surprise.

It was still a bit cold these days, but Zhang Yue only wore a short shirt and practiced arrows in the backyard.

Guo Lin hurriedly said, "Junior brother, what are you doing? It's still cold, so be careful, how can you take the exam if you get sick?"

Zhang Yue said: "Archery is one of the six arts of a gentleman. I thought that the county school record examination does not necessarily only need to take the written record. In case it is necessary to take an archery test."

"Besides, who said that only by taking martial arts exams can one learn to shoot. Duke Chen Kangsu, the first-ranking scholar of this dynasty, was good at shooting. Duke Ouyang also wrote an article "The Oil Seller" for him."

Having said that, Zhang Yue made another action of horseback archery and virtual drawing of the bowstring, and said proudly: "There is no other, but I am familiar with you."

The two brothers and sisters laughed together.

Speaking of this, Zhang Yue suddenly said in a serious tone: "Since this dynasty has been advocating literature and suppressing martial arts, scholars have gradually receded. This is not like the Han and Tang Dynasties. During the Han and Tang Dynasties, most of the famous officials and generals were both civil and military. The spring is warm now. The flowers are blooming, and it's just a practice."

After saying this, Zhang Yue continued to shoot arrows.

Guo Lin thought to himself, he almost forgot that his younger brother’s ancestor was from Jiedu, and martial arts and archery are also a family tradition.He could remember Zhang Heng's arrow in the Nanfeng Courtyard.

Seeing this scene, Guo Lin admired Zhang Yue even more in his heart.

"Junior brother, it's good to practice martial arts, but with such an empty stomach, how can I have the strength to study at night."

When Zhang Yue heard the words, he almost forgot about it.

If you have to work up your strength, how can you not eat enough food, and even eat meat, but you have little water all day long.

In the evening, Li Zheng personally sent Guo Lin a letter of guarantee.

The county school entrance examination must be performed by local children, and there must be no misdeeds, such as filial piety, ti, amicable, graceful, ren, empathy, loyalty, and the eight elements of the test, otherwise in the future, you will be admitted to the top of the list, and you will be rejected. People exposed, the court will ask the following sins.

Li Zheng was going to guarantee Guo Lin that he did not commit any crimes, while Zhang Yue also wanted to go home and ask Cao Baozheng to get a guarantee.

"Thank you Lizheng." Guo Lin took Baoshu and said with a smile.

Li Zheng smiled at Zhang Yue, and Guo Lin said, "You are all good children, but I hope that you will have a double happiness and be enrolled in the county school. If you say this, your husband will also have a light on his face!"

Although Li Zheng's words were polite, Zhang Yue and Guo Lin knew how difficult it would be for one of them to be hired by the county school, let alone two people.

But at this moment, the two of them all forgot about this matter: "Thank you Lizheng!"

Li Zheng smiled and said, "Tell me when you go to the exam, and I'll hire a car to take you to the county seat."

"How does this make it?"

Li Zheng insisted: "The two of you are successful, and the hundred and ten families in our village will follow you. What's the point of hiring a car? It's settled."

After Li Zheng left, Guo Lin said to Zhang Yue with a sigh of relief: "Junior brother, but I hope we can talk about our classmate friendship again."

Zhang Yue nodded and said: "That's easy, we can't pass the test... Senior Brother, I'm joking, don't get angry. Put down the basin, and have something to say!"

Guo Lin put down the basin by the bedside, and said with a stern face: "We are going to the county school to recruit, we can take one by one. I will do my best, and junior brother, you will fail when the time comes, don't cry in front of me and my husband! You! Do you know?"

"Senior brother is serious, you can't stand a joke."

Guo Lindao: "Just kidding? Do you know how many people in the county have been studying hard for decades, and so far they have achieved nothing. They are laughed at as poor, and even three-footed children look down on them."

"From the first day of my studies, I knew how hard it was to become famous. My father once told me that if I couldn't bear ten years of hard work, I didn't deserve to be called a scholar. If you don't pass, I will take the exam again next year, what about you, junior brother? How do you think about the future?"

"You told me a few days ago that the stream is still in the west, and life is no longer a boy. I was deeply moved, but today, why do you think you are studying? What are you talking about with the village children who are not willing to learn from the outside world? What's the difference? If you treat reading as a child's play, then the book will also be a child's play on you!"

Guo Lin eloquently gave a long speech, Zhang Yue couldn't help but slandered, "Brother, you can talk to Miao Sanniang, why are you trying to reason with me here?"

On the face, Zhang Yue still said: "What senior brother said is very true."

Guo Lin continued: "Recently, you have been able to pass ten courses and nine courses, but in the county exam, ten courses and nine courses are not enough."

"In the county exam, you can only make one or two mistakes at most. I heard that the state study is more difficult, and you must pass all the tests. You can't make one mistake."

Zhang Yue asked, "Senior brother, can you only make one or two mistakes in a hundred ways?"

Guo Lindao: "If you don't go to the book, you may be sure about two or three times, but when you waste two or three months and read it again, you will have forgotten a lot. Now I don't know how much is left, junior brother, you are not familiar with the scriptures, these are There are many mistakes in life, if you want to win, you must read the scriptures thoroughly and memorize every word well... Junior Brother, are you listening carefully!"

"It's the same old tune again!"

Zhang Yue was accustomed to listening to Guo Lin's ramble, and felt that the senior brother was really a mother-in-law.I sat on the collapsed bed, opened the tent and looked out the window, but when I saw the bright moon leaping across the pine space, the breeze was not impatient or impatient, and the pine forest sounded up and down with a long echo.

How leisurely the scene is at this time!

The urgency of what the brother said is still very far in the future. There is no need to worry about what the future is uncertain. The life is just so peaceful. He believes that the future will be better!

Zhang Yue put his hands behind his head, took a broken piece of grass from the straw mat and put it in his mouth, looked at the starlight outside the tent, and slowly closed his eyes.

In early March, it rained heavily for several days, and the Qingxi sky swelled.

At the beginning, the rain was not light, the bridge was submerged in the water, and the stream flowed over the ancient ridge, but the children dared not go to the shoal to catch the stream fish.

Afterwards, mountain torrents were triggered, and the usual mountain streams swelled into rivers. The water poured straight down from the mountains and washed down several ancient dams. a lot.

It is the time when the earth is rejuvenating, but the chill of March is comparable to the harsh winter.

Zhang Yue and Guo Lin were going to go to the county seat to take the exam, but it was postponed for several days because of the rainstorm.

When the weather cleared up, the two of them set foot on the exam.

Many people from the village came to see them off, which made Zhang Yue feel more of a sense of belonging to this small mountain village.

On the side, the wife nagged to the two of them: "The dry food in the car is enough for you to eat for three days. Don't go to the city to eat uncleanly. It's easy to eat a bad stomach. You are so big, Guo Lin, it's the first time you have traveled far."

"Baby knows mother, please rest assured, baby will take care of yourself." Guo Lin cried silently.

Zhang Yue said: "Don't worry, sister, I will be like returning to my own home when I arrive in the city. I will take care of my brother and make sure that he will not be wronged at all."

The teacher said, "I can rest assured that I have you. You are more like a senior brother than Guo Lin."

Li Zheng put a cart for the two of them, and said: "This donkey was borrowed from Han Tao's house. Although he said he wouldn't come to see you, he didn't bother when he asked him to borrow a donkey. Although he didn't want to come But here it is, look how full this donkey is fed."

Listening to Li Zheng's words, Zhang Yue remembered that Han Tao was the big eldest brother who didn't get into the county school.

Guo Lin said sullenly, "It would be great if Senior Brother Han could come and see us off. I haven't heard him play the flute for a long time."

Li Zheng said to the driver: "I'll tell you that you don't have to push the donkey too much along the way. The donkey is not old yet, it's vigorous, but if you force him not to go, you have to let his temperament work. , the road is crooked and patted lightly, and he will know, this thing is very clever."

After listening to Guo Lin, he finally said: "No wonder it's kind, this donkey's temper is quite similar to his junior brother!"

Zhang Yue was stunned, and his senior brother also learned to speak viciously with him over time.

But Zhang Yue turned around and saw Guo Lin, but he didn't mean to complain at all, as if he really felt that way, and felt even more angry.

"Mother, Lizheng, let's go!" Guo Lin and Zhang Yue waved together.

Sitting on the swaying donkey cart, Zhang Yue and Guo Lin watched the wife and sister who waved at them, Li Zheng and the villagers getting farther and farther away.Guo Lin couldn't help but turn around and wipe away tears.

Zhang Yue said: "Is there such a thing? It's just a trip to the county town, not a long trip."

"Junior brother also said to me that you also cried on the first day you came to Wuxi."

"That's true," Zhang Yue nodded, "but senior brother, don't wipe my nose with my clothes."

"Sorry, I forgot for a while."

The chariot and reels were crushed on the gravel road, the donkey cart shook and swayed, and left Wuxi. Zhang Yue looked back at Qingshan Bixi and remembered the time he spent studying here for more than half a year. At this moment, it seemed like a lifetime, and suddenly the sound of the flute was behind the car. sounded.

Zhang Yue looked at Guo Lin, who nodded to him: "Senior Brother Han is here to see us off."

"Senior Brother Han has learned the flute?"

"He let the cows go."

"No wonder that's the case." Zhang Yue nodded, although the mood was much worse, the atmosphere was right.

Zhang Yue leaned out of the awning from the back of the car and shouted loudly to the sound of the flute, "Goodbye Brother Han!"

"Lizheng, Mistress, goodbye!"

"goodbye!"

(End of this chapter)